# airship

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,505

## Definitions
1. A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
2. A police air unit, a police helicopter.
3. Any aircraft.
4. A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.

## Etymology
From air + ship.
* (jocular British sense): is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp.

## Easily confused with
- **airstrip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/airship-vs-airstrip)

## Common misspellings (10)
`airhsip`, `airrship`, `airshhip`, `airshipp`, `airshpi`, `airsihp`, `airsship`, `aisrhip`, `ariship`, `iarship`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/airship